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W. W. HALLE May A9, 1933.

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2? layers 3 and 4 being respectively glued to Patented May 9, 1933 UNITED STATES PTENroFFlC-Ef wmLrAx w. HALLE, or NEWARK, New JERSEY, AssIGNon. fro SEELEY TUBE @nox i OODANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CQRPQRATION OF .TEBSlY K CONTAINER Application mea February 5, leso. serial No. 425,951.

The invention is an improved pasteboard container for holding such fragile articles as wax sound records of dictatmg machines, and its object is to improve the durability of such containers and of containers generally, as well as to simplify their manufacture, as will hereinafter appear.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a longtudinal central section of the 1 'form at present preferred of the invention,

Fig. 2 a magnified section of its bod wall, Fig. 3v a similar cross section of the ottoni seam in an intermediate'stage of manufacture and Fig. 4 a similar section of the completed seam.

The container body, which is cylindrical, is made by windin successive layers of ordinary chip-board r1 bon stock ona mandrel in the usual way but omitting any glue between two of the intermediate layers. the present case there are four such layers marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively, wound spirally upon each other, with a ternat-ely reversed pitch as usual, layers 1 and 2 and each other, but layers 2 and 3 being unglued and secured to each other only by the friction produced by the winding. The number of layers may be as desired. Preferably the outermost of the two unglued layers, i. e. the layer 2, is made of slightly heavier stock than the' others for a reason presently explained. The resulting tube is cut in proper lengths to form the container body, which is thus, in the present case, a four-ply body and correspondingly strong. For use in holdin wax records such a body is commonly provided with a lining of napsheetin or soft ilannel-like fabric 5 carried on a chip-board lining sleeve 6, which sleeve may be introduced into the body either before or after the bottom closure is applied. The nap-sheeting is glued to the face of the sleeve and its top edge is turned over the top edge of the sleeve to make neat finish at the top of the container, as. indicated. l"This is Vdone while the sleeve is fiat, after' which v it is introduced into the body, in a curled condition andallowed to expand against the inner face of the body being securedthereto by a couple ofdabs of glue.

In order to apply ,the bottom or end closure to the tubulanbody, the two inner layers, 3 and 4, are skived oit about alongthe dotted line in Fig. 2, to form an interior rebate shoulder as indicated 'at 7 in Fig;,3. Thiscutting is done `by an internal'expandf ing cutter rotated in the end of the body and set to cut through just those lavers which lareninside lof theuunglued interface, the resulting ring,."composed 14of the. severed ends of'suchlayersl and 4) being easilyseparated from lthe body because of the absence of glue. The layer 2 isv of great.-

er thickness thanthe' others so that thecut madeby the skiving tool, which must necessarily pass entirely through .the two inside layers, scoring the layer ,2,` will not `unduly weaken it. vWhen vthe rebate has thusbeen formed, the circular cardboard bumper discl 8 is inserted and laid` againstthe end of the` lining sleeve', and then 'al hardfibre bottom .disc 9 is placed on the Arebate .shoulder 7 andl inall the reduced and relatively vthin rebate ip or flange .10, producedby the skiving, is crimpedover inwardlyA upon thedisc y 9 binding it securely inplace, against the shoulder. Because "this v,rebate klip` is of wal, which latter must bethick in order to be strong, it can be 4curled over 4and. upon itself to form a crimped seam or oint which is materially stronger than it would be if it were attempted to make it by curling over the full thickness ofthe body wall as herel tofore. The crimping or curling over can thus approximate 360 which` makes a se-,v

vpro er thickness and thinnerthan thebody 8 decorative paper covering is ordinarily ap? plied to the outer face of the body, and is included in ythe crimp. It is not shown in the drawing.

The hard fibre bottom discv 9 4is shown bossed inwardly at its centre to form a central upstanding seat for the kbumper disc 8, which latter is confined in place by the lower end of the lining sleeve 6 and will be understood to be intended to have 'suflicient clearance from the body wall to act as a yielding cushion tothe pressure orimpact` of a wax' record, thus protecting'the latter from injury. y

It will be understood also that the crimped bottom` seam or rim contributes to the protection affordedby the bumper disc, inasmuch as it is present to absorbv and rdistribute' shock when the disc has been distorted to or beyond the normal limit of its movement in the space provided, thereby' making this device an exceptionally safe 4record container.A

Iclaim:

1. A wax record holder comprising a coin-l tainer body having'its wall formed of a plurality of superposed layers of spirally Wound ribbon stock, certain ofthe inward layers being cut shorter than the outward layers to form a shouldered seat, a closure fined between the same and said linin sleeve, the extended ends of the layers o stock outward of Said unglued vinterface being crimped over upon said closure disc, there being at least two such outward layers whereby the crimp forms a cushioning member supplementing the cushioning eect of said bumper disc.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

' WILLIAM W. HALLE.

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disc on said seat, a bumper disc above'said closure disc centrally supported thereon so that its rim portion mayyield: to pressure upon or by t-he record, a 'soft-surfaced lining sleeve above said bumper disc confining thesame in the container, and the extended ends of said 'outward layers 'of the body wall being crimped over and-upon said closure disc forming a cushioning seam adapted tosupplement the `cushioning effect afforded n by said bumper disc.

2. wax record containerl comprising a container body wall formed of at least four layers of spirally wound ribbon stock, all of theinterfaces between layers being glued together except a middle interface, a closure disc seated on the ends of those layers which are inward of said unglued interface, there being at least two such inward layers, forming aseat for said closure disc, asoft-surfaced lining sleeve 'secured within and to said inward layers above said seat and a yieldably mounted bumper disc of less diameter than said closure disc movably conrma 

